1. Lee Chung-ah is best known for her leading roles in the films Temptation of Wolves and My Tutor Friend 2, as well as the cable dramas Cool Guys, Hot Ramen, VIP and Celebrity.
19 Facts About Lee Chung-ah
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Lee Chung-ah began her acting career by playing supporting roles in the films Resurrection of the Little Match Girl and Happy Ero Christmas.
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Lee Chung-ah was cast as a lead actress in her first television drama Let's Go to the Beach, where she and Lee Wan played bickering lifeguards who later fall in love.
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In 2006, Lee Chung-ah starred in the family drama Going Together and the omnibus film Ssunday Seoul.
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Lee Chung-ah then starred in My Tutor Friend 2, the sequel to the 2003 hit film of the same title.
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Lee Chung-ah studied Japanese for her role as a Japanese exchange student who goes to Korea in search of her first love, then meets a happy-go-lucky university student who becomes her Korean language tutor.
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Lee Chung-ah said that she practiced horseback riding for this film but those scenes were deleted in post-production.
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Lee Chung-ah later showed her horseback riding skills in Chosun Police Season 2, a series set during the reign of Emperor Gojong in which she played a damo with a dark past.
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On television, Lee Chung-ah has appeared in supporting roles in 2009 with the romantic comedy The Accidental Couple and family drama Jolly Widows.
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Lee Chung-ah played a college girl preparing for teacher certification examination who unexpectedly inherits her father's ramen restaurant; she becomes involved in a love triangle with two of her employees, the arrogant heir to the biggest food conglomerate in Korea and a lazy but warm-heated genius chef.
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Cool Guys, Hot Ramen received solid ratings for a Korean cable drama, and became the first of tvN's "flower boy" programming, which included Dating Agency: Cyrano on which Lee Chung-ah made a guest appearance in 2013.
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Lee Chung-ah hosted Cats and Dogs, a talk show in which pet owners shared information to foster a more mature pet culture.
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Lee Chung-ah then appeared in the second season of Music and Lyrics, a reality show in which a celebrity pair write and compose a song together.
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Lee Chung-ah wrote the lyrics and actor Seo Ji-seok composed the music for the ballad "Looking Forward to It," which was sung by Heo Young-saeng and used as the theme song of Seo In-guk's character in the family drama The Sons.
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Lee Chung-ah reunited with Happy Ero Christmas costar Kim Sun-a in the 2013 revenge thriller The Five.
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In 2019, Lee Chung-ah returned to small screen with office mystery drama VIP.
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In July 2021, Lee Chung-ah signed a contract with J-Wide Company.
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In 2022, Lee Chung-ah appeared in the SBS drama One Dollar Lawyer.
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Lee Chung-ah began dating actor Lee Ki-woo in 2013; they were costars in the 2011 series Cool Guys, Hot Ramen and broke up in 2019.